Gooseberry Patch The Harvest Table Cookbook Review and Giveaway

Fall is my absolute favorite time of year. The cool crisp air, the fall festivals, the colors, and all the yummy treats to make in the kitchen. After my Grandmother was placed in a nursing home due to illness I spent a lot of time with my Popa. I remember one time he took me to an orchard and we picked apples. It may not have even been an orchard but just a friend who had apple trees but I remember the excitement and the fun I had. I do not remember what we did with all the apples, just that slight memory that I carry in my heart of our special day. Yep, fall would be my favorite time of year!

I am so thrilled to be able to review The Harvest Table for Gooseberry Patch. I have been a fan of Gooseberry Patch for many years. I love the fact that the recipes they share are from home cooks just like me. Tried and true recipes with many handed down for generations. I read cookbooks like novels and I enjoy all the little tidbits of wisdom that is given throughout the book on the bottom of almost every page.

"Serving soup to little eaters? Cut out Jack-o'-Lantern faces from cheese slices. After spooning soup into bowls, top servings with the cut-out shapes. How fun!" page 52

I will admit I wanted to try every recipe but my first recipe I tried was the Glazed Apple Cookies.
These little gems were the perfect taste of fall, little bits of apple with plump raisins throughout. I would recommend these to be small as they are more like a cake cookie and the bigger you make them the more they fall apart. I decided to share these with my family when I made them. I took these cookies and placed them in a disposable plastic clear cup, stacked them six deep, added a clear cellophane treat bag and a ribbon and they were the perfect little gift. When I delivered to my sister, her family was enjoying a fire in the backyard. Perfect fall treat on a cool night.

The Oh So Good Crispy Chicken was the next recipe I tried. This was the perfect Sunday dinner at our house. The butter kept this chicken really moist and the parmesan cheese with the bread crumbs gave this an outstanding flavor without a lot of work. Simple throw together meal, which is what I like. This will for sure make it's way onto our dinner table for years to come.

Melt margarine in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir in garlic power and Parmesan cheese. Dip chicken in margarine mixture; arrange in an ungreased 9 x 9 baking pan. Sprinkle bread crumbs on top. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for one to 1 1/2 hours, until golden and chicken juices run clear when pierced. Makes 4 servings.

Thank you Gooseberry Patch for allowing me to review The Harvest Table. I have really enjoyed this cookbook. Gooseberry Patch also gave me an extra copy just for you. You really need this cookbook and you have five chances to win!

Giveaway details...

1. Mandatory...Post a comment telling us what your favorite fall memory is here in the comment section.

2. Like Served Up With Love on Facebook, come back here and tell me you did. Already a follower, that works too, comment that you already are.

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The winner will be chosen on October 17th and notified by email, so please leave your email address so I can contact you. If the winner has not responded in 24 hours, I will pick a new winner.

My favorite fall memory is when I was a kid. The colors of the leaves that change and fall along with all the acorns, every year my mom & I would create a crafty wreath with the leaves and acorns, then add little things to make the wreath beautiful. It was so fun. Now I have my kids help carry on the same tradition.

My favorite fall memory is going to the mountains to see all the beautiful autumn colors on the trees. As I grew up I realized we didn't have to leave the Northern Neck to see all the beauty because God has provided for everyone to see right where they are. I also loved to rake up all those dropped leaves in a pile and then just jump right in. After all that fun then go inside to a nice home cooked meal with some good apple cider.

My favorite fall memory was as a child and teen raking up the cut hay. We had an old iron hay rake that attached to the back of the tractor. My aunt and uncle would come help and while my uncle steered the tractor, my dad would somehow perch on the hay rake to add weight. The ladies would take a few pictures with my brownie camera, fish, and take more pictures of the colorful trees reflected in the lake. When we were all bone tired, we'd go inside and have chicken and dumplings that had been simmering in the oven while we were working. My grama would keep that cooking! We'd all shower then eat!

My first fall and best memory, the year I moved to the East Coast from the West Coast, I had never experienced a real "fall" day, apple and pumpkin picking, the crystal clear day, breeze blowing off the ocean, love the scent of leaves, crunching apples, perfect fall day.

I already followed GP on Facebook, I am following you and also signed up for Circle of Friends via email! Yea. I'll be so busy gathering new recipes that i won't have time to cook!!! And I pinned (just learned how) some of Served up With Love recipes1!!! Yum! Cant wait to try!

I love fall and the anticipation of the harvest. The color of the leaves on the trees and the body warming food we prepare. I'd love to win this Gooseberry Patch cookbook so I could enjoy the great recipes you have shared.

I follow GooseBerry Patch and love their books...I also liked and shared your page and can't wwait to try some of your recipes! They look yummy :) I would LOVE to win a cookbook!! Love baking and being in the kitchen...especially with a family of 6 kids plus! :) Thanks so much!

My favorite memory of fall is walking in the woods with my mother and gathering beautiful leaves and pinecones for all our holiday decorating. For Thanksgiving holidays and into the Christmas holidays we made our own beautiful decorations every year.

My favorite autumn memory came while I (almost) silently waited for my best friend to propose. Finally, on Halloween we went for a walk around the lake near my house. It was one of those Halloween nights where the air, the fallen leaves, the colors and our pace was crisp and our breaths ran before us. As we stomped into a harvested cornfield and the sun began to set, making everything golden, my Mateo asked me to be his wife. Autumn is full of reasons to be thankful - harvest, family, food, beauty, and for me, a beginning to the adventure that is marriage.

One of my favorite fall likes is when the folks in our are with wood heating stoves start them up. I love going outside, and smelling the wood smoke...I always know that fall is here when I smell the wood smoke.

My favorite fall memories are to the little town of Nashville, In looking at the changing leaves and walking around town taking in the fresh hot apple cider and all the little shops. This makes for a great day

My All time favorite thing to do in Fall time is sit on my porch in my rocking chair with a nice cup of Hot Chocolate, listening to the leaves blow in the wind. Watching the leaves fall to the ground is so relaxing!

Favorite Fall memory is raking the leaves into a pile then burning them. The smell is like no other. And we would wait until they burned down to smouldering and toast marshmallows by it. Yummy!!Am A blog and facebook follower also.

Have also shared the link on Face book and my e-mail is denneenhubbard@yahoo.com .Along with liking following and subscribing to Gooseberry Patch and Served Up With Live. I have subscribed and receive Served up With Love notices. And Follow and like Gooseberry Patch Circle of Friends.

I like and follow Gooseberry Patch on Facebook and Pinterest and you as well. I have to say my favorite memory for Fall is when my girls were very small. It was a tradition to take them to the Pumpkin Patch on this small family run farm. Hay rides, bluegrass music and lots of pumpkins to pick from. I miss doing this with my girls now that they have grown up. But we have tons of pictures from those fun days

I have shared the giveaway and also am a part of the Gooseberry Patch Circle of Friends. I follow Served Up With Love on Facebook and Pinterest and also follow Goosebeery patch on Facebook and Pinterest too

My favorite fall memory? Is one of my father and myself raking the leaves and then him patiently letting me jump in them and then he would have to rake them up again. And then the smell of them burning at edge of yard. (yes, we could burn way back then lol) And I follow you on Facebook and in emails.

I have liked Gooseberry Patch and belonged to Circle of friends for a long time. I liked your blog on FB. My favorite fall memory was taking my two sons to Granville Orchard and how cute they were as they listed to a story of johnny appleseed. I did everything in your list and would love to win a cookbook.

My favorite fall holiday is back in.Schwabisch Gmund Germany as a second grader. My mom woke up.at 3 am and I remember laying in my bed, warm.and snug listening to clanking and the smells of pumpkin and baking yeast rolls. She even dressed the turkey with white paper socks.Christmas music playing, but the absolute best was my dad's soldiers coming over, one by one, and their faces as they saw the table. I think that is what makes the Fall so special to me. Ingredient : love.

Raking leaves as a kid is a fun fall memory because then we were able to jump in them. Now that I'm grown up we don't have leaves to rake cause our trees here don't loose their leaves til after the snow falls. my daughters have missed out on the fun.